Former Jamaica elections director among four shortlisted to be chief election officer

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) will soon begin interviewing four candidates shortlisted for the post of Chief Election Officer (CEO), including former Jamaican elections director Danville Walker.

The others shortlisted are two locals, acting CEO Calvin Benn and his acting Deputy Keith Lowenfield. A source told Stabroek News that the other two candidates are Walker, a Jamaican who previously headed the Electoral Office of Jamaica and United States-based Guyanese Savitri Singh.

Stabroek News was reliably informed that the criteria for short-listing from among the